Dr Rani Khatib is the National Specialty Advisor for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at NHS England and a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology.

Dr Khatib belongs to the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM), Faculty of Medicine and Health. A Visiting Associate Professor with a wealth of teaching and research experience contributing to the education of physicians, pharmacists, nurses, midwives and other healthcare professionals at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

As a senior clinician at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, he is a Consultant Pharmacist in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research. Clinical Lead of the Innovative CardioRenalMetabolic Meds Opt group at the Cardiology Department. Leads the cardiology medicines and risk optimisation agenda across the secondary and primary care pathways in Leeds. He is an independent prescriber with direct patient responsibility.

He leads on the delivery of the following multidisciplinary medicines optimisation services:

• Cardiometabolic Post MI Clinics
• Advanced Cardiology Medicines Optimisation Clinic
• Post Myocardial Infarction Medicines Optimisation Clinics
• Innovative Medicines Clinic – PCSK9 Inhibitors and statin intolerance
• Heart Failure Virtual Medicines Optimisation Clinic

Well published, holds several research grants, principal investigator and co-investigator of several trials with specific interest in medicine adherence and the optimisation of medicines and risk in cardiology.

Lead author of the NICE endorsed, NHS England national lipids management and statin intolerance pathways.